Shipping company executive S. Vijay Kumar was responsible for recovering a Buddha stolen from India 57 years ago among many other looted works

Granddaughter of Jewish collector flies in for restitution ceremony

Rebuffing heirs, an appeals panel in New York says the court lacks jurisdiction

Van Gogh drawing had been folded in half in 1945 to fit inside a suitcase

Marei von Saher asks an appeals court in California to reconsider her case against the Norton Simon Museum

New book exploring work's provenance is a must-read for those interested in the contentious field of art restitution

Dundo Museum's lost objects were traced by the Sindika Dokolo Foundation

There appear to be no winners in what the Arts Council refers to as an “extremely unusual” case

The objects “do not belong in our museums”, says the president of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation

Applied arts institution is showing the sculptures in a looted art exhibition

Heritage expert calls for new government taskforce to guide provenance research and even rule on restitution cases

The Mosse Art Research Project, a cooperation with the German government, identifies eight works and launches online database

Planned museum in Benin City offers safe environment for Western collections, the country says

The initiative, which involves governments and the art world, will set up a public database of objects

The German Lost Art Foundation, which also looks into Nazi-loot, will allocate the government grants

Museum hopes to find rightful heirs through display of spoliated works

Hans-Jürgen Papier fills post held by Jutta Limbach until her death last year

Private institution is funded by evangelical Hobby Lobby chairman, Steve Green

City authorities cite ongoing restitution claims as reason for decision

Van Ham to offer Franz von Stuck portrait in 17 November sale

Portrait by Thomas Couture belonged to a French politician who opposed the Nazis

Experts question the reported size of illicit trade, particularly as the number of fake artefacts increases

Fill in the blanks of art crimes solved and unsolved with two new adult colouring books

Conference at London's National Gallery this week looks at how the process can be accelerated

Curators, art historians and museum directors sought by the US Army to provide expert advice in combat zones